The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-10 00:00:00

R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) - . After which, Hatton's new opera, in three acts, entitled ROSE ; or. Love's Ransom. Rose, Madame Lemmens-Sher rington ; Georgette, Madame Weiss ; Theresa, Miss Poole; B ephen, Mr. G. Ptrren ; BlancOec, Mr. 11. Corti; Captain of Recruiting Party, Mr. A. gook; Sergeant, Mr. E. Dus isek ; and Jaques, Mr. Weiss. THIS EVENING Saturday), Dec. 10, the new opera, THE BRIDE OF SONG. The music by Ju'es Benedict, the words by Henry ramie. Ea ee, Miss Thirlwall ; Beatrix, Mdme. Fanny Iluddait ; Adel ert, Mr. Henry Haigh ; and Hanni bal, Mr. Alberto Lawrence. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Duchatean and Bonf anti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, 55. ; upper Poxes, 4s ; amphitheatre stalls, 3 s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, Is. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The perform ;nce will commence Every Evening . with YOU K.:. OW IV II O. Tfl IS Ii.VEISING (Saturday), FA UST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office (+pen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from los. ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Fit, 28. 61. ; Gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. No fees to box -keepers. In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COLIN PRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, find G. F. Neville ; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, After which, Shakscere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. ltoxby, G, Belmore, Rayner, F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss i.►elen Yaucit. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. 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Messrs. H. Widdi comb, F. Charles ; Misses 11. Percy and E. ',avenue. To cone ude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. Widdicomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elevt n till Five. NEW THEATRE-b0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Alr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. Billinaton, R. Phillips, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss 11. Simms. Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING RANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. TIIIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD AN THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Prank Matthess ; Miss Constance Roden. 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I'IIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," L Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, van be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. rip HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" I_ supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.--Morning,; Ilh. 23m.—Afternoon, ll'a. 58m. To-mom:owe-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 30m. *: f . • . • • 4 8411111 4 4‘; .• • • 11P .4 :LONDON, SAIISIIDAY, DEC. 10, 18G4. Mr FITZGERALD'S speech the other day at Hors ham Is one of the best that has been delivered this autumn, and the spirit and animation that distin guished it render it attractive to peruse, after some o!' the tame and insipid. discourses that have ap. plarPd recently. This is no matter of surplice, as it is well known that in the Honae there is no one more ready with a smart repartee or a quick rejoin. der than the hon. member. He was one of the most , dreaded opponents of Government last year in the f'arful task of "putting questions" relative to Den. mark ; and not all Lord PALMERSTON'S evasions end absurd heroics about attacking the absent, nor 31r LAYARD'S brucquerie and defiant manners sue. ended in putting Mr FITZGERALD of the scent, or in intimidating him in his proposed line of action. lt is a difficult task at a meeting of this kind to steer c!eir of exciting subjcts of controversy, and yet at the same time to render one's speech generally in. teresting and suitable for the occasion. It must be confessed that this desideratum has been success fully accomplished in the present instance, and that we have before us a good reBuml of the most salient points that are to be met with in the review of last session. A dreary retrospect it is, in fact, and one that all men of patriotic sentiment may blush to think of ; but still the unpleasant necessity must be gone through, and the interests of the country demand that the questions involved in the discus• sion of this year should not be passed over in that silence with which their chief actors would, doubt less, desire to enshroud them. First of all, Mr FITZGERALD discoursed upon the duties of those who are in Opposition, and very truly observed that they were important ones, and should not be scouted and slighted. There are two things to consider, said he—first, that a man should act up to his own convictions, and, secondly, that he should consider how far the expression of his opinion is consistent with the interests of the public service. This is a very true definition, and certainly no one has so good a right to preach such a course as a member of the Conservative Opposie saint], which is distinguished among all others for the absence of that party spirit and personal ran cour that oppose for the sake of contradicting and interpose obstacles from sheer perversity. At the same time some line of demarcation must be drawn, and it is truly stated here that the Opposition last Session owed it to themselves and their country to denounce the policy pursued by the Government in the affair of Denmark and Germany. No better censure could have been passed on the Administra tion than was conveyed by the speeches that took place on their own side on the occasion of the great debate. As Mr. FITZGERALD remarked, with hardly an exception they all expressed regret at the position of our foreign policy. The policy of non interference, as the hon. member accurately puts it, is one which has been declared the only true and desirable one for this great country to follow, and after the bungling effects produced by a contrary practice he may well be proud to declare that such has been consistently advocated by the Conserva tive party for many years past. " It was dignified by the eloquence of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and received in those days the fail support of Mr. GLADSTONE." Surely common sense must tell us that it is neither honest nor honourable to hold out hopes that can not be fulfilled, to make fine sounding promises to produce a great effect on one's party, and all the while to make some mental reservation that renders them void and valueless. The best that can be said in an epitome of our late transactionswith Denmark sinks us in the scale of nations and lowers our self. respect as a free and independent country. Mr FITZGERALD was careful to guard against the op. posite extreme, and declared that he put no credence in Mr COBDEN'S code of complete isolation from other countries. This was not possible, and if it were so it would not be desirable, In a few graphic touches the hon. member depicted the present condition of Austria and Prussia. The two great German States are indeed sad spectacles to contemplate, for all their present jubilation is a sere sign of their retrograde movements instead of their progressive march towards constitutional and social improvements. How melancholy, but how true, is the definition here given of the condition to which Prussia has now become reduced note withstanding the intellect of her people, and the great resources of her State. "Every liberal as. piration is extinguished, there is no hope of free dom at this moment in the length and breadth of Prussia, everything is under military rule, all that they look at is an extension of territory, and an increase of military prestige." The self crowned monarch of Berlin has brought things to a pretty pass when each a description is given of the effects of his rule, and yet who can con scientiously say that the account is not a veritable one, and does not ante-date the verdict of the impartial historian. As for Austria she has also suffered, and the "direct, close, and intimate union between the despotic military Governments of Europe" here deplored has wrought its deadly work, and spread abroad its blighting influence. The object here put forward as the summum bonurn of all policy is surely sufficient for the most ambitious to aspire to, while it affords scope to the most energetic to bestir themselves " to make our name, oar character, and our weight felt in every quarter of the globe." Had this been the real wish of our present Cabinet very different would be our retrospective and perspective glance at foreign affairs ; but what with their wish to appear something very formidable abroad, the desire to please an infatuated set at home, and the general confusion into which they worked them% selves, the Government has contrived to delude itself and disgrace the country. It is a relief to find any one speaking out so strongly as Mr FITZGERALD has done concerning Austria and Prussia, for it is too much the fashion for speakers at public meetings and elsewhere to let them down easily, and either to ignore their actual guilt in the late transactions with Denmark, or else not to enter fully upon the topic. There is no shirking of the question in this speech, but we are deliberately told that it is an injury to Europe for these two great German Powers to be allowed to assume so false a position, and to exercise undue influence in an unfair manner, not by the weight of character, but by the force of arms. Mr FITZGERALD speaks the sentiments of all lovers of freedom when he says that he has never found a military despotism conduce either to the liberty of the people or the peace of the world, and further on that he depre cates as far as he caa any transaction which shall establish in the heart of Europe two great military monarchies, because he does not believe they are likely to conduce to the welfare of Europe or the peace of the world. How refreshing a eight would it have been if one of our Ministers had had the manliness or the foresight to declare such sen timents in the house, instead of Earl RUSSELL over and over again asserting that he did not believe that the allied Powers meant to do the supposed wrong or the injury said to be in contemplation, and Lord PALMERSTON trying one dodge after another to gain time till the deed was done, which militated not only against the welfare of Denmark, but the honour of England. In his remarks upon the pro. posedreduction of the Army and Navy estimates, Mr. FITZGERALD displayed great foresight, and it is to be hoped that his suggestions will be paid proper attention to, and then instead of putting our warlike preparations into a state which may please the Manchester School, but not coufurm with the notions of men of experience and judgment, we may accomplish the twofold object of retaining a proper warlike equipment by land and sea, and yet not squander away unnecessarily the public funds. It is here forcibly put that the real waste is in the employment of so many supernumeraries. It is not an army of soldiers that we are wasting money in maintaining, but an "array of clerks." There is much altogether to ponder over in this speech, and it cannot be said to have passed over any great or important subject of the day. Tho remarks about Reform are very true, and it is a proper reproof to the officious class who make Re form a stalking horse for their own purposes, when Mr FITZGERALD reminds them that it was not their order that obtained for the working-classes of Eng land a diminution of their hours at toil, but the aristocratic class that they are always decrying as the people's enemies, It is always a welcome en• joyment to peruse so spirited a discourse as this, and even those not on the side of the speaker must admit that it is characterised by a temperate tone and a conscientious manner. It is the exposition of a politician who speaks fearlessly and frankly his views and opinions upon important matters, and as such it reflects honour upon himself and upon those whom he represents, for it bears the impress of truth, and is distinguished by au honourable spirit. Thursday the B.h of December, 1864, will long be remembered in the annals of the West of Eng. land. On that day one of the most beautiful and remarkable structures which the skill of modern science has given to this generation was com menced, completed, and formally opened for public use, Various circumstances combined to render the opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge a matter of unusual interest. The Bridge itself is a triumph of engineering skill, and the daring ambi tion of BRUNEL would have been gratified could be have lived to see the completion of his design in one of the roftiest and longest suspension bridges in the world. It is, too, as singular for beauty as for ingenuity, while its strength is indisputable, being equal to a strain of 10,000 tons. The old Hungerford Bridge, which so gracefully spanned our Old Father Thames, end which Londoners still regret to miss, even with the magic transformation of the locality, was only intended for foot passengers, but the Clifton Bridge is to be for traffic of all kinds, thus rendering it indispensable to combine strength with elegance. The history of the building, too, is no less interesting than the beauty of the bridge. The want of a direct communication across the Avon from Gloucestershire to Sornersetshire has been so long felt that it is only wonderful the con. netting link between the two countries should not have been called into active existence earlier. So long ago as the year 1753 a worthy Alderman of Bristol, named Vecec, bequeathed in trust to the Merchant Venturers of that city the sum of £l,OOO for the purpose of building a bridge across to Clif ton. More than a century has elapsed before the work contemplated by the good Alderman has reached its completion, but certainly a thousand pounds is no very great sum towards building a bridge in such a locality. In 1830 the one thousand having grown into eight, the undertaking was commenced, not that the Merchant Venturers were sanguine enough to suppose that the means at their command would serve for the bridge, but they thought it would serve as a nucleus, and the public want had grown too pressing to be longer neglected. The bequest of Alderman Vecx had been intended for a stone bridge, but the estimates for such a structure proving enormously expensive that plan was given up, and finally the simple and beautiful design of the late Mr BRUNEL was decided upon. The undertaking was commenced in 1831, the managers probably not anticipating more than than thirty years would elapse before its termina tion. After an expenditure of nearly L 50,000, the bridge stood still for want of funds; and as no more money was forthcoming at the expiration of the time stipulated in the Act of Parliament, the affair was virtually abandoned, and the two stone towers, which were the only things completed, remained sadly looking on at the channel between them. How it would have ended is difficult to say, but after the lapse of several years the enforced removal of Hungerford..bridge gave a fresh stimulus to the affair. Mr BRUNEL was the engineer of Hunger ford, and nothing could be therefore more suitable than to complete the one bridge by means of the other. The materials, too, were ready to hand, and could be cheaply purchased ; so a new company was formed, a new act obtained, and the long delayed bridge has been brought to a successful termina• tion. Mr BRUNEL'S design consists of a chain bridge of a single span of 700 feet, with two chains passing over two towers, chains being buried in the rocks at either side. In the structure, however, three chains have been used at each end, being two more than at Hungerford, but the Hungerford.bridge was only 14 feet wide, whereas the Clifton structure is 30 feet, and is meant for vehicles as well as foot passengers. The new bridge is nearly 200 feet longer than the renowned Menai, and is 260 feet in height, being 100 feet higher than the suspension bridge at Fribourg. The Lambeth Suspension Bridge has a longer span but is built on four piers, so that the newly finished bridge, over whose come pletion two counties held festival, is really one of the most remarkable structures of its kind in exist ence, even in this age of engineering marvels. No less than 1,500 tons of iron are said to have been used in the bridge, the chains weighing 1,100 tons. Their links are 7 inches broad and 24 feet long, each link being composed of bars - bolted together at the ends. Four hundred bolts with screw ends which fix into a large iron nut are used, for this the roadway of the bridge is composed of sleepers of Baltic timber, with transverse planks over them. The bridge was severely tested before the opening by means of 500 tons of stone which were drawn over on a tramway, but for ordinary purposes the ceremonial itself was a sufficient test. The quiet rural spot has seldom witnessed so gay a scene as was presented on Thursday by the crowds congre gated to witness the opening ceremony. The trades and societies of the good city of Bristol, bearing the banners and emblems of their various callings, marshalled in great state, and all the inhabitants of the two counties who could find means anal leisure to witness the spectacle gathered on the heights around. The bridge procession included, of course, the members of the new and old com panies, the contractors, the engineers, the merchant venturers, the lord lieutenants of the two counties, and all the dignitaries of the neighbourhood, together with a goodly share of uniforms, with representatives of the army, the navy, the militia, and the volunteers. The affair went off most successfully, and nothing dimmed the pleasure of the day. Popular enthu siasm knew no bounds, and when the bridge was formally declared opened it vented itself in repeated rounds of cheering for the principal actors in the affair. Unhappily, he whose name was on every tongue was not present to witness the completion of the great work which stands as a lasting memento of his genius, an enduring guardian of his fame. It is a singular and gratifying reflection that one of Mr. BRUNEL'S own structures should be the means of perfecting his unfinished work, so that when his admirers mourned over the seeming destruction of his graceful metropolitan suspension bridge the seeming evil was in reality a gain, for it gave a stimulus to British enterprise, and served to com plete the far more remarkable and valuable struc ture which now spans the Avon. The inhabitants of Gloucester and Somerset had good reason to re j lice over the supply of a want which has been felt for more than a century, and the satisfactory eon elusion of an undertaking which has been in hand more than thirty years. Since the foundation stone of the Cliftoa Bridge was laid what wonders of engineering skill have been wrought, what great works of public utility have been begun, finished, and their construction well nigh forgotten ! But if its progress has been Bo slow as sometimes to amount to absolute inaction, the work has at last been done, and done well, and a few years more or less, though very annoying to the residents in the locality, will reckon for very little in the lifetime of such a work 'of art and science as the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Christmas-day on a Sunday, TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST:N. Stu,—May I claim your aid on behalf of the great mass of Englishmen who have only two days recognised as holidays throughout the year, viz , Christmas-day and Good Friday, and who are this year in danger of losing one of them. Christmas• day falling this year on a Sunday, instead of being a day of rejoicing, will be one of disappointment (to say the least), because part of the people will spend it as a Sunday and part as Christmas-day. Tbis cm only bo got over by an Order in Council de claring Monday a holiday. Thus the Sunday would remain a day for religious observances, and the Monday a day for rejoicing. In a social point of view this would be no inconsiderable boon to the toiling millions. The rich can have their holiday when and as often as they please, is it too much to press upon a liberal Government the general desire for a holiday on the Monday indicated, and which can be granted by simple enactment of Council. Your generous influence is solicited by A CLER . London, 9th December, 1864. The Berryer Banquet, (From the _Law Times of to-day.) The journals appear to have misunderstood the incident at the Berryer dinner in the Middle Temple Hall, which called forth the eloquent de• scription by the Lord Chief Justice of the proper limits of an Advocate's duty. It certainly had the aspect of an answer to, or rather a protest against, something which had fallen from a former speaker, from which Chief Justice Cockburn dissenting, felt himself bound to express his dissent. From his language and manner it was manifest that he had understood Lord Brougham's remarks on the duty of an advocate to make the interests of his client his sole object, to mean that which we, at the mo ment, and commentators on perusal, took to be the design, namely, to assert the doctrine that the Advocate is bound to sacrifice to the in terests of his client, not merely his own personal considerations, but even the interests of others —a doctrine carried to its extremest point by Charles Phillips at the trial of Courvoisier, and afterwards justified by him in a pamphlet. The time and place did not permit Lord Brougham to rise and protest against the inference which the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn had drawn from his remarks, but he expressed in very emphatic cheers his approval of the limitations of the advocate's licence which the Chief Justice was asserting. Thinking that possibly it.may have been assumed too hastily that Lord Brougham's opinions upon this question were as they were understood by the Lord Chief Justice and by the newspapers, we have referred to the sketch of Erskine in his " Histori. cal Sketches of the Statesmen of the Reign of George III.," that great advocate being the illus tration adduced by Lord Brougham in the speech that provoked the answer. And we find there a very different definition of an advocate's duties from that which Lord Brougham, citing Erskine as an example, Was assumed to have asserted. His meaning is plain enough. The advocate is to make all possible self sacrifices in the service of his client—not the sacrifice of others. He is to defy the powerful; to cast away, if need be, hopes of personal or professional advancement; to face un popularity, or—what is harder to bear than all —to see his business at the bar taken from him in the honest performance of that foremost of his obligations —to do that which will best promote the interests of his client. This was Lord Brougham's meaning. Such was his oratory--but oratory is only the half, and the lesser half, of the Ni i Prius advocate—and Mr Erskine never was known to fail in the more important moiety of the part he had to sustain. The entire devotion to his cause, which made him reject everything that did not help it forward, and indignantly scorn all temptation to sacrifice its smallest point for any rhetorical triumph, was not the only virtue of his advocacy. His judgment was quick, sound and sure upon each successive step to be taken; his decision bold, but cautious and enlightened at each turn. His speak ing was hardly more perfect than his examination of wit• nekses, the art in which so much of an English advocate's skill is shown ; and his examination-in-chief was as ex cellent as his cross-examination, a department so apt to de ceive the vulgar, and which yet is, generally speaking, far less available, as it hardly ever is more difficult than the examination in chief or in reply. In all these various functions, whethether of addressing the jury or urging objects to the court, or examining his own witnesses or cross-examining his adversaries, this consummate advo cate appeared to fill at one and the same time different characters; to act as the counsel and representative of the party, and yet to be the very party himself; while he ad dressed the tribunal, to be also acquai n t e d w ith every feel ingandth the gh witness, t wofthese judge or t h e j ury, and while ho interfogated s, whether to draw from him all he knew and in the most favourable shape, or to shake and displace all he had said that was adverse, he appeared to have entered into the mind of the person he was dealing with, and to be familiar with all that was passing within it. It is by such means that the hearer is to be moved and the truth ascertained; and be will ever be the most successful advocate who can approach the nearest to this lofty and difficult position. THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER ON CALVIN, GALILEO, AND SHAKSPERE.__An address was de livered on Thursday evening at M y dd elton-hall, Upper street, Islington, on the three tercentenaries of 1864 —viz„ Calvin, Galileo, and Shakepere, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster. The hall was well filled by a highly respectable company. The Dean observed that during the year 1864 three tercentenaries had been celebrated in Europe—Calvin, at Geneva; Galileo, in Italy; and Shakepere in England. Now, h e would ask, what advan tages names be learnt from the r emembrance of these three great ? They had been brought before the public in a manner, the like of which „ might never occur again. When :on the 27th of luayi 1 561, Calvin died, it was thought that when his sun went down the same light would never be seen again. But what name did Calvin leave behind him ? He was an instance that a man may be greatly esteemed in his own tine, and his fame become greatly diminished after death. At his death no name had acquired such a height. As Rooker said then, "it was safer to attack all other saints than to attack the character of Calvin." But his great fame was now no longer what it once was. Erasmus and Luther was still powerful, while Calvin had left little behind, But he had left two great legacies—the first was the doctrine ef predestination. This doctrine still lived. True it was that there was One higher than man, and whatever was good in man same directly from Heaven. Calvin had pilshed this doctrine to excess, yet he had helped to hand it down to the present time. The next feature in his history was that he established at Geneva liberty and a high state of morality, though perhaps too temptation an aftiietion to th e w . 2rld at large. But there severe and rigid. Yet did he i ntroduce into that little town an atmosphere so healthy th at the wealthy of Europe sent their sons to Geneva t o b e educated and kept out of h C alvin parsed aw a y, a nd his death was e was one born two month s b efore Calvin's death, and another one month before, and those two man were as far above Calvin as the heav ens were above the earth. The mathe tpfaethlt t o o f be m atician and the w r i ter of plays soared far above the theo logian—Galileo, the father of astronomy; and Shakspere, the interpreter of human nature, Galileo, apart from the scientific benefits conferred on man by his marvellous use of the telescope, revealed not only the infinity of space, but largely displayed to man the infinity of God Himself, Galileo, therefore, conferred lasting benefit on religion. Turning to William Shakspere, the Dean observed that he was a benefactor to religion, to his country, and to the world at large. It might be asked, what benefit was Shakespere to the Christian P Did he not teach them what human nature was, and which knowledge was unquestion ably necessary to teach a man to do his duty in the world ? It had been said each particular class of men had their pecu liar views of nature —the clergy the weak side, the lawyer the dark side. But Shakspere held the balance for mankind in a high degree, teaching his fellow to " judge not, lest ye bo judged." Th is was truly an evangelical lesson. Ile taught many valuable religious lessons, but no sect could claim him as their supporter. Calvin was a Protestant, Galileo a Roman Catholic, but it was in vain to search for the sect to which Shakspere could be said to belorg. Ile had a deep Ilene° of the greatness of God, of the soothing influence of Christianity, and the words of the Bible, were familiar to him. More could not be said. The Dean con cluded by showing th a t a ma n might be great, and that greatness might --- Carry him above sects and parties, though perhaps the same thing would not so well apply in the pre. sent day, when it might be mere necessary for a man to declare his creed and own his party. A unanimous vote of thanks to the Dean for his able lecture closed the pro ceedings, A b - t:eaeb of promise of marriage case was tried in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday. The plaintiff, a Miss Couldere, the daughter of an engraver and heraldic painter at Cambridge, sued a Mr Lyle, the son of a miner in Cornwall, for damages. Mr Lyle when an undergraduate at Cambridge had lodged in the house of the plaintiff's father, and had made love to bliss Couldere, eventually offering marriage and being accepted. A long correspon dence took place, but at last the defendant broke off the match. The jury yesterday gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages, £l,ooo, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. (Via Roches' Point.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2 P.M. The latest Savannah papers contain contradictory statements concerning the passage of the Oconee River by Sherman. They also state that a large cavalry force was operating in his roar, and that it was not impossible that Forrest would join it. Despatches to the 22d state that Sherman had passed Macon, captured Milledgeville and Gordon, and was marching towards Savannah. Some accounts represent his forces as having arrived within six miles of the Ft deral prisoners' stockades at Millen. Southern papers assert that Sherman's cavalry were repulsed in attempting to cross the Oconnee River at Toomsboro', and also that a strong force which was demonstrating within 20 miles of Augusta, was driven back with considerable loss. The arrival of prisoners at Savannah had ceased, Sherman having cut the railroad to that town. The Florida has been run into by a Federal transport of Fort Munroe. She was bady damaged, and sunk in nine fathoms water, The New York TVorld thinks the pretence of accident too shallow to deceive any one, but adds that it is possible the Government had no compli• city in the transaction. Generals Hardee and Beauregard and the Governor of Georgia were in Macon on the 22d. The Governor has drafted all citizens between 16 and 55 years of age to serve for 40 days. Governor Vernor of South Carolina has ordered the militia reserve to assemble at Hamburg. The .Riehmond Sentinel, of the 26th, says the intelligence from Georgia is most hopeful, but refuses to publish it for the benefit of the Northern journals. DENMARIK. KING CHRISTIAN'S REPLY TO THE NORTH SCHLESWIGERS. King Christian, in reply to the address presented to him on the 7th inst. at Kolding, by a deputation of North Schleswigers, said that he most deeply re gretted the separation of Schleswig from Denmark, but that having once ceded that province, he hoped that the Schleswigers would be reasonable, and submit to their fate with patience. Prior to their reception by his Majesty, the members of the deputation laid aside the Danish colours they were wearing, as the King would only receive them as Schleswigers. ROME, ROME, DEC. 9. A French court martial has passed sentence of death upon a Neapolitan named Graziani, for the murder of two French gensdarmes. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dto. 9.—Tne market has been without animation, and the business done up to the present time shows a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66f. 50. Mobilier have receded to 9331. 75c. Railway Market quiet, with but trifling variations. The market became rather firmer to. wards the close, and left off as follows :- 4t per Cents. 93 70 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 10 Credit Mobilier 940 Do. end month 938 75 Bank Shares 3515 Credit Foncior 1240 Roman BAIL Italian Loan 65 75 Do. end month 65 90 Ditto Threes 4O New lgexican Russian Austrian .. Bl 50 Spanish Threes 45,/ ['cane Debt .. — Deferred rAYs. Cash. Account. 878 75 .. 860 Northern - .. 990 Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 878 75 Southern 585 .. 558 75 Western Eastern .... Sardinian ~. 317 60 .. 318 75 Austrian Loirbarcr North of Spain Saragossa.. .. 4 2 5 .. 425 Ditto to Barcelona .... .. 192 50 Metropolitan Board of Works, The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the board room, Spring gardens—Mr J. Thwaites in the chair, The cash statement of the Finance Committee showed balances in the hands of the treasurer, on deposit accounts, £329,800 ; current accounts, £147,195 5s 4d ; and New Three per Cent. Government Securities, £97,403 Os Bd. Mr SAMUDA drew the attention of the Board to the sub ject of the Thames Embankment, and asked the solicitor as to the powers of the Board, under the contract No. 1 (Mr Furness's) for the Thames Embankment works, to enforce the due progress of the works. Mr BAZALGETTE read a long correspondence between himself and Mr Furness, the contractor, expostulating on his (Mr Bazilgette's) part upon the delay that had occurred in the progress of the Thames Embankment works, and explaining, on the part of Mr Furness, the delay in conse quence of the question of filling in the space between the river wall and the embankment. Mr Furness stated that he was unable to go on with the filling in for several days; the supply of granite was stopped for some time by the owners of the quarries, and he was compelled to use the dredgings of the river for filling in purposes. Mr H. L. TAYLOR asked if the contractor was bound to carry out this embankment under these conditions. The ENGINEER said the contractor would have to do it as the Board directed. Mr SAIISUDA moved that, as the contractor bad failed to use proper diligence in the execution of the works, the mat tor be referred to the Main Drainage Committee with a view to the enforcement of the exercise of proper diligence on tho part of tha contractor. Ile drew attention to acl ALM in the contract which enabled the Board, if the contractor f tiled to use proper diligence, to employ extra mon and charge the contractor with the expense, &o. Mr SAVAGE asked if Mr Stunuda was really serious in what he said. Mr SAMUDA said he should be failing in the execution of the duty he was put there to perform if he was not serious. Msjor LYON seconded the motion, and said if they did not support Mr Samuda they would sacrifice their cha racter. Mr D'IrrANaER said if the Board would remember he called their attention about a me nth ago to the slow manner in which the works were progressing, and he must say that if they went on as they were going on now it would be eight years instead of two and a half years before the Em bankment was completed. Ho sincerely trusted the matter would be referred to the Main Drainage Committee, which was a committee of the whole Board, and at which every member might ho present. Mr H. L. TAYLOR hoped the matter would be referred to a committee, which he was sorry was composed of the whole Board, for if it comprised only 10 or 12 members they would be sure to manage things better. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The raising of several of the officers' salaries vas a sub ject that occupied the Board next. After the disposal of some routine business the Board ad. journed. TILE REV. MR. lIILLYARD AND TILE POOR-LAW BOARD,—At a meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Norwich Union, on Thursday evening, a letter was read from the Rev. E. A. Hillyard, the chaplain, who had been requested by the Poor-Law Board to resign his appoint ment. The clerk to the guardians had written to /N.lr Hill yard, asking hint to comply with the order of the board, and had since received the following letter :—" Palace Plain, Norwich, Dec 7, 1861, Sir, I have informed the Poor-law Commissioners that I do not acknowledge the justice of their decision, and decline to resign, but demand of them a formal dismissal from the cffice of chaplain to the union,— I remain, sir, yours t, lily, E. A. Hir,l. vaJlD," It Iv 2& unanimously resolved that the clerk should be instructed to write to the Poor-law Commissioners, communicate the contents of the abovo latter, and ask them to declare the office of chaplain vacant, iu order that the guardians might be empowered to elect another chaplain. There are at present no less than six different lines of European steamers running to Panama, and none but American lines running northward from it in the Pacific Ocean. The mail from Panama to Vancouver Island, or British Columbia, might be easily conveyed in 15 days, which now occupies 23 to 25 days.—.73ritith ONnoi t , raper, LITERATURE. Can You Foqive Heri By Anthony Trollope. No. XII. Chapman and Hall. Lady Glencora draws nearer and nearer to the vortex. Mr. Palliser, morally speaking, is either afflected with stone blindness or with crass stupidity. Burgo Fitzgerald appears to be approaching a fatal opportunity—whither his aunt, Lady Monk, is speeding him, even though she may only contrive to do so by the reluctant sacri fice of some of her choicest jewellery. Mr. Cheesacre receives his dismissal from the widow Greenhow—receives it from her as one may say, crying, on his knees. His one consola tion being that, at any rate, Capt. Be!field has not yet been allowed to supplant him by that middle aged ccquette, who has been b 0 long amusing her self by dallying with them both. That horrid George Vavasor, with the scar on his face, and his be trothed's money filtering through his pockets, takes his seat in the House, under the guidance, and almost patronage, of the nearly equally detestable Mr. Bott, whom we m'ght describe as Mr. Palliser's flunkey out of livery. The story wilds its way onward rather deviously —or, to adopt another phrase in expressing the same notion of it, the variegated strands making up the thread of the nar rative are twisted together with a very peculiar and ingenious intricacy. In regard to the illustrations adorning the eerie!, it is noticeable that the second volume of the story, begining with the last number, the number for N)vember, is no longer embellished, as the previous volume was, by the light and rapid etching-needle of H. K. Browne, better known as Phiz, the Phiz of Boz and Harry Lorrequor. Whoever may be Phiz's successor as the illustrator of "Can You Forgive Her P ' the change is unques tionably an improvement. THE LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1865—This el\ cel lent and useful little volume of mercantile informa tion, called by its second title upon the title-page " The Commercial Record," will be welcomed by City men as it deserves to be welcomed. starting with a calendar, and following up those dozen pages with a copious Banking Directory, it gives us, under separate headings, and in a very readable form, a singular variety of infor mation upon subjects as various as Cotton, Bread, Tea, Sugar, Bullion, Alcohol, exports imports, and so on, chapter after chapter. The information is in no way superficial, and is wonder fully well compacted together. THE TRAINING OF IDIOTIC AM) FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN—a very painful subject in itself—has been generously accepted as the theme of a very impressive paper by Cheyne Brady, Esq., —a paper just now published in a pamphlet-form by Messrs. Hodges, Smith, and Co., of Grafton street, Dublin. The benevolent project kept espe cially in view by the author when writing this paper here referred to being apparently that of founding, if possible, an Ayslum for Idiots in the Sister Island. THE HARROW REVIEW, an ably cond uc t e d an d cleverly written penny . miscellany, so ca ll e d , i s winning its way to notice down (or, in another sense, up) at Harrow-on.the-Hill. The fifth number, dated December, has just reached us, and contains within it interesting information on Football matches, as well as upon more serious topics, mingled with polyglot poetry, reports of lectures, and school intelligence—information, almost all of it, pecu liarly interesting to Harrovians old and new. The Christmas Novelties. (From the Era.) For many weeks past the Managers of the Lon. don Theatres have been busily preparing the en tertainments to which the holiday-makers so anxiously look forward at the Christmas season. On the present occasion the expenditure has been even greater than in former years, and the public may with confidence look forward to their annual treat, assured that no lack of liberality on the part of the Lessees, or relaxed energi.g on the part of the several hundred persons who, in various ways, contribute to the splendour and humorous effect of these "annuals," will be likely to cause disappoint ment. R:•serving fuller details for another occa. sion, we here merely give our usual preliminary list of the various subjects selected. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE will have a Pantomime furnished by Mr H, J. Byron, who has expanded the Nursery Legend of the "Lion of Windsor fighting for the Crown'! into a Burlesque opening, which will have the assistance of Mr George Honey and a strong body of vocalists for its interpretation. The ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA has a Pantomime furnished by the Brothers Grier], and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. A. Harris, with great care and cost. It will be en titled " Cinderella; or, Harlequin and the Magic Pumpkin and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper.' Mr W. H. Payne has, of course, the principal character in the opening, and the scenery, by Mr T. Grieve, is unusually elaborate. The famous one-legged dancer, Donato, appears in the Harlequinade, for the first time in this country. DRURY.LANE THEATRE, as usual, is supplied by Mr E. L, Blanchard, who has treated the story of " Hop o' My Thumb and His Eleven Brothers" in an entirely new manner. The principal characters in the opening will be represented by Master Percy Roselle, Miss Lydia Thompson, Mr G. Belmore, Miss Helen Howard, Mr Tom Matthews, and Miss Hadspeth: The ecenery and sffects, by Mr Wm. Beverley, are said to be exceedingly striking, and Mr Robert Roxby secures the excellence of the stage arrangements. The fantastic and artistic designs of Dykwynkyn will add to the humour of the induction. Morning performances will be given every day following Boxing Night fur the re mainder of the week, The HAYMARKET has a fairy Burlesque by Mr H. J. Byron, founded ou a story by the Countess d'Aulnoy, not hitherto made use of for stage pur poses, and which will embrace the whole strength of the company. The LYCEUM will have a new one-act drama in which Mr Fechter will perform, and a revival of the celeorated drama of " Robert Macaire," in which that accomplished actor will represent the hero, originally played by the celebrated Frederic Lemaitre. The PRINCESS'S continues the run of " The S treets of London," followed by a brief Extravaganza. The OLYMPIC is supplied by Mr Burnand with a classical Burlesque called " Cupid and Pysche." The STRAND has " The Grin Bushes," a bur. league by Mr H, S. Byron on the old Adelphi drama. The ADELPHI i 3 also supplied by Mr. Byron with a burlesque on a classical subject. The St. JAMES'S will re.open, under Miss Her• bert's management, with a new classical Burlesque by Mr. W. Brough, founded on the mythological story of the Labours of Hercules. ASTLEY'S is catered for by Mr. Greenwood, who has ingeniously attached a remarkable story to " Jack Sprat," of nursery memory. The SURREY is historical, and Richard Coeur de Lion is likely to figure in an entirely novel form. The VICTORIA has the marvellous Baron Muss chausen for its hero. The New Royalty continues its popular Extrava ganza of " Snowdrop." SADLER'S WELLS is provided by Mr. Millward with a local subject, uniting the history of Sir Hugh Myddelton with the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. The MARYLEBoNE takes the " BroLze Horse" for its title; and the other Theatres have Panto mimes in preparation which seem likely to absorb all the names left in the story-book and nursery rhyme, HOSTAGE FOR A Mont Er,..—Mrs M. Weed : lately of St. Louis, was aroused one night by a lady friend seeking an asylum for the night to protect her from arrest. The lady made good hor escape, but Mrs Wood was flung, in her stead, :nto the Female Prison of St Louis. Mrs Woad, eluding the vigilance of her gaolers, after a long imprison ment, succeeded in regaining her freedom a few weeks ago, but immediately after her escape her infant boy was arrested, and is still held as a hostage for her return• That youthful prisoner, Lee Sumter Wood, was born on the dey of Beauregard's bombardment of Fort Sumter, and is now, therefore, not four years old,— 4n 'tm? .Fapfr. c 7 Ne. CUM tirsolar. HER MAJESTY. .••• WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal lligialleB.B Princess Helena, drove in the grounds th:s morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatric e went out walking. i;lie Sir The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gsvenu°- St. Maur arrived at the Admiralty last n i g ht front r Vrederick and Lady Hermoine Graham's, at Netherbh Carlisle. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of 10,7" n: Berry is somewhat batter, The Earl and Countess 1'1" are staying with her ladyship at Seahaat II 111. s ia The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entert a succession of visitors during the hunting season ftt r 4er.' ton Lodge, Melton Nowbray, Cone ° The Countess of Winchiisea and Lady Finch-Hatton have arrived at the S. George's reeelViscount and Viscountess Palmerston w a select party at Broadlands, Hants, during the as tlin week. Tne Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady A u g, ti b s e t i a r Baring are entertaining a select circle of friends at '— seat in Hampshire. ILLNESS OF MR. LINDSAY, M.P.—W itbin ; tl3 Ecl e last few days, reports, which have been rece.v with great and general regret, have been in circulatiol3o: relative to the serious illness of our able representatifto We have made inquiries into the facts, and are s orr y to liotel. state that the honourable gentleman, who has heel). of 8110 for some time at Brighton for the improvem ent ID health, has had an attack of paral)sis e f the lower si tre a t o ties. Yesterday, however, ho was reported better , 8/1 Isl have partially recovered the use of his limbs, It vlB6 stated that it was hoped he was now progressing 10 r-cieti very, a hope which we are sure will be sincerely reEP°, to by all classes of our townsmen, as well as by t he c°4 try generally,—Sunderland Times. We have to record the death of Mr Sergea nt J. Stephen, in his 78th year. His ",Commentaries ort, e ti Laws of England," and " Pleadings in Civil Actious; well known as useful law-books—nc EcaLr. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the _lllustrated Lon In Neas.) h ase , The will of the Hon. Hannah Jane ol e-r ,,d00 widow, of Sussex-square, was proved in the L eß oy . court under £35,000 personalty—the execilt °r % o o pointed being her sons Robert Alexander Coc hr t o and Basil Edwood Cochrane, &ors. The t eldtl ia . a rd has bequeathed to her son Robert one vgli'll e° 00:1 in the Hetton Colliery, Durham, and has d' l- 00 0 one.half share into thirty parts between h er h - fo i, Robert and Arthur and her daughter Mrs MO l i — at icl making pecuniary bequests to her eons Basil to Archibald, and also to her daughter Car el , ili nt ' ve whom she has left her jewellery and persona' or es, medts; and to her son Robert the plate, P ietu v ol , appointing him residuary legatee of bo th and personal estate. „rid The will of Miss Maria Harman, of Ctl" , - doo Lodge, Tunbridge Wells, was proved in the L e/l be t court by the executors, John Harman, nephew; Charles Richard Harford, Esq., tbe el der, 00 her cousin ; and Charles Richard Harford, younger, son of the preceding. To the 149 t bet named liberal legacies are bequeathed, and t° , t ber nephews. John and Edward the sons of her brut het Edward Harman), she leaves the residue e O OO. property. The personalty waa sworn under X 3 ' 1 65 I, The will was made in 1849 and two codicils b e ery There are many legate es . T o h er brother • t er, Harman, an annuity of £300; and to her sl ier s , Mrs Bush, a legacy of .E3OO ; bequests to he r sis' od in-law and to her nephews, nieces, cettsi e ' sl 6 ol other relatives and acquaintances; and an nuitie s , p a, legacies t o h er servan t s . T o h er m edical f ile t o Robert D uncan , M.D., £2OO. Th e f o llowing ly r e charitable bequ es t s ; —T o t h e S oc i et i es for the of pagation of the Gospel and for the Proln°t'ldge Christian Mtivwledge, £lOO each ; t h e Turi b. h jil Wells Dispe ns a r y, H umane Society, an d 4ra ; wrecked Mariner s ', £5O each ; the NisiuB";3 Ophthalmic, Brompton C onsumpt i on Hospita l, fio d Infirmary, and Blind Charity, 19 guineas ea ch ; 1 1 be further directs th a t b rea d an d ot h er g ifts s bri re ef made to the poor of Tunbridge Wens, Eas tb° l ll olo Rotherfield, Crowborough, Brenchley, and Capel.with-Tudely. Legacies not sa te e £lBO to be paid free of duty. of Eeq'' Ale• The will of Henry Lewis Wickham , tla Chesterfield-istreet, May-fair, was proved I° o to London court by his relict, the sole execa tr i , l ' O O whom he has left his personal property for he ," an d absolute use, which was sworn under £3 6 + 00 Eck t has devised to his eldest son, Wm. Wicxhatat his real estate absolutely. h I)6' The Rev. John Dight, of Folkestone , th e queathed to the London and Paris societie al° l o a prevention of cruelty to animals £lOO eac h ' I li like legacy to the Devon and Exeter floall it6i fifl e The will of Joseph Underwood, Esq., c ' g d ot' Park-gardens, and o f Ea s tcheap, London , a ll IV with, was proved under £200,000 p e rsonal t i t te it o will bears date the 23d of May last. The The tor died on the 20th of August followiag' re liot i ; executors and trustees appointed are his 00' his son, Frederick James Underwood, s o 'ttiar George Stockdale, Lg., of Hanover-villas , P et 1 0 hill, and Throgm or t on -street. To the 1° l og e° e has left a legacy of £3OO. To his relict 11°th the an immediate legacy of £5,000, together vil i d e oc e ' furniture, plate, carriage, &c., and the teti-to bet, , Hyde park-gardens. He also bequeaths is an equal share with his son Frederio„`orivid, business, carried on at Eastcheap and at N ao of including the capital and stock in tr e a 00 4 ' 0 vinegar manufacturer and importer 01 0 0° wines and spirits; and has appointed his 6 , c ota te ,i residuary legatee of both real and per sooi' ea sci!ii To his two daughters he leaves so ala cil l iber e 1 0 make their respective portions 35,00 0 . a legacy of £l,OOO to hip niece, Mary ii 3 3 ,3 so, son, of Cleona Castle, Mayo, Ireland, 0.13 to each of her children. To two of 111 1, 5 0vi William Bailey and Frederiok Clarke, e tte e faa': to his housekeeper 1:50 ; to .two ot her :or l eg % $ 4O O legacies of £lOO and £2OO, and' A feW cies ; to the Norfolk and Norwich . lic °ll lta Cumberland infirmary, each £2OO, 00 0 SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE $ll 150 je ts close of the Cattle Show last eveninj 0( 11 ' - t e' persons had passed through the Agriculturti l "' 6l 1611 1 0 0 0 number about 130,000 had paid for admission' oe 0 1 " d dos merL able circumstance that although some fa tigll e di° especially those from Birmingham, were roue' r bed wh ea t" their arrive!, and although they have been di Wt. has , o c• critical examinations they have undergone , ti te as o° o l ' no case of sick-less or removal of any a nimal tbee g e cessary. This, no doubt, is mainly attribute illo ) 007 0 1. lent arrangements of Mr J. Douglas, who ba d t he ro d merit of the distribution of the cattle, Mid t f a , ad s c/ c tei lent system of ventilation which has e 00) at the hall. As usual. a great many sales , N .l til er during the afternoon of the last day , but s" ra ria'' N ",,ter a great number of the prize aub2lAl'4 Deieejost on hand, more especially in the Hereford an d "0,00t004 sheep classes. The show finally closed at til e , on evening, and too much praise cannot be awer" e _ sh , ClN for tr mittee of management, consisting of Ai r 7). C evi c i Si chairman, Mr Bannister, Mr Giblets, and I‘ .d tr acy . , a ctc who, in consequence of the illness of .I‘ ll A/ hon. secretary. ri ot:o, l 'oo ° THE TYNE AND HARRISON TE" -- tion ole t• HULL.—It is announced that the preseut°,oo pre'vo, valuable article , , consisting of a magni.iut c lio o° A 1 , / , ed „o surmounted with the arms of hull stud(' and a beautiful scarf ring of the same deiv;;;Gbir nod the N% orkpeople 91' Hull to Miss Louisa I'y°° vi biea 00 0 0 Harrison, as a small m ark of the esteem many a eos _ tidesat tilb are held for their generos it y oe t ake pla ce l ot towards our charitable i ns titutions' 1%1"/ lb Queen's Theatre on the evening of hag folf' x,• 0 0 instant. We understand that Mr el:lmA the patent of a now and ar®b 0 for the Theatre. A series of e v :P rV e y r .ei 13.ter t : i s i thr i° : E ;t bl : e ii : 6.113 0 t: s' l6l:° ' ; which, should they answer the eypect.a. lets , will jo ke and several experienced stage piaci-110.1J fli ee— e '0 lution in scenic illusions. Mr F. Robson, eon of the late iern se c ' entitled " Fishing for Flats." WO '„ /o ur n h e a N s v m eo a m de ed a y g , r w e r a i t tt i theatres before long. written at expresslythe Queen's for 1 iTtel-Lbezaetajr o r : l or.eir j t ae,l6 s o:3 : ei g ,,p ' c i a young actor is likely to appear a t one THE SVN, LONDON, SAFURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1864.